Induction motor



May 30, 1933. c. L. KENNEDY 1,912,338

INDUCTION MQTOR Filed Nov. 8, 1950 /Iz /14 I l I I 00 um. o'wu n mbzeav I Fl veniafv Patented 1933 UNI ED s'rA'rss PA 'EN'F OFFICE cum! L mIDY, OI aaam'rm, MASSACHUSETTS, ABSIGNOB TO THE HOIIIZEB- W0 GJIPAIY, O! BOXBURY, HASSACHUSE'ITS, A. v CORPORATION 01' waacauarr'ra mnuc'rron moron Application filed Iovember 8, 1930. Serial No. 385.

The present invention relates to indution' motors and more particularly to single phase induction motors. The usual split phase 'motor com rises a mam or working wind and an aux iary or starting winding which is displaced from the main windin by a considerable angle. At starting, bot windings are energized from the line and when the motor is brought up to 10 speed, the starting windin may be cut out I by an automatic switch. nasmuch as the auxiliary winding is used only during starting, it contributes nothing to running operation.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive single phase induction motor with provision for maximum economy, both in construction and operation. With this object in view, the principal feature of the invention comprises an induction motor having two windings which are'dislaced in space suficiently to produce a satisactory cross field for starting, together with means for connectin the windings to carry the same current, w ereby both contribute to the operation under running conditions The accompanying drawing is a diagram of the referred form of induction motor according to the present invention. The illustrated embodiment of the invention comprises a rotor 2, a stator winding 4, and a second stator winding 6, which latter may be termed a starting winding because of its connection to carry a current out of phase, both in time and space from that in the winding 4, altho h as will be pointed out, it is so constru as to be actually employed as a main winding under running conditions. The winding 4 is wound in the usual manner to form poles, the positions ofwhich for a four-pole motor are shown by dot-and-dash lines in the drawing. The winding 6 is similarly wound to form equal number of poles which, however, are displaced by the angle A from corresponding poles of the winding 4. The line lea s 8 and 10 are connected respectively to one end of the winding 4 and the opposite end of the winding 6. V The winding 6 is included in a starting circuit which is adapted to be closed directly between t on itself by means of connections 12 and 14. The connection 14 includes aswitch 16, of a suitable type adapted to remain closed dur ing the starting period and to be opened when the motor comes up to speed. The winding 4 is included in a main circuit which has a wire 18 running from the end of the main winding to the wire 12. Each winding therefore has one end connected to a line lead;

the opposite ends of the windin s are connected together by the wires 18 an 12.

The windings 4 and 6 are constructed with different time constants, that is, with difl'erent ratios of resistance to reactance.

At starting, the switch arm 16 is closed, the main winding1 4 being then connected e lines 8 and '10 and the starting winding 6 being closed on itself. The startin winding 6 is energized by transformer action. due to the inductive what 11 between the windin 4 and 6. The start torque produced is ependent upon the space displacement A between the windings and also on the difierences between their time constants. With every small space displacement, the energy transferred to the winding 6 by transformer action will be large but the starting torque is not necessaril hi because only a small cross field is pr ucei- -Ifthe displacement is increased, the cross field becomes more favorable except for the reduction in the volta induced in the starting winding, which v0 tage varies as the cosine of the ang e of displacement. At a displacement'of 90,-

there is no induced voltage in the winding 6 and hence no starting torque. It will be seen, therefore that a maximum startin torque exists for a displacement which'ls somewhat greater than zero and somewhat less than 90. A relatively small displacement in the neighborhood of' 15 has been found to produce a good starting torque, while permitting satisfactory series operation under running condition.

When the motor comes up to speed, the

switch 14 is opened, thus opening the starting circuit.

4 and 6 in series to the line 10. Both windings are now energized by the same current.

The com lete circuit is now "traced from the line 8, t rough the windings The motor therefore operates under running conditions as an ordinary Single phase motor nnder the combined sheet of the two windings. It will be noted that the poles, due to the combined efiect of the two windings, will be displaced to positions intermediate to the poles of the separate windings.

Although the windin s 4 and 6 are displaced space phase an although they have difi'erent time constants, these difi'erences are not great sncngh to introduce any difiiculties into the series operation under running condition. The difierence in time constants may he cfiected any suitable manner. In one form oi"- the invention, the windings are wound in identical fashion so that their reactanoes are approximately equal, but the main winding s is made up of lar r wire than the winding it so that it has shghtely less resistance. The size of the wire in the winding 6 is such as to carry full-load current indefinitely and the size of the wire in the winding 4 is sulliciently larger so that it will safely carry the comparatively high starting current for the short starting period. It will be noted that during startin the entire power is delivered to the motor t rough the winding 4, so that the increase of wire size serves the double purpose of permitting the winding 4 to carry its starting cad and also of va thetime constants sufliciently to give a l ii g fi starting torque. Another mode of vaYing the time constants, which permits use the same size throughout, is by using difierent numbers of turns in the two windings, since the resistance and reactanoe of a winding do not vary 1 in the same proportion as the number of turns is varied. I

The motor of the present invention may be constructed inexpensively because the windings 4 and 6 may both he designed as load carrying windings which are maintained in operation under all conditions. The slight spacedisplacement is suficient for-starting torque without appreciably diminishing the effectiveness of either windlng 'under runnin conditions. For example, with windings o the same number of turns displaced electrical degrees from each other, the displacement of each of the windings with to the pole is only 7.5. The efl'ect of this of this small displacement is negligible; and

the windings operate on the running connection with practically the same efl'ectiveneas as a single winding.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is: i

' An induction motor having, in combination, a main stator winding and auxiliary stator winding, each havin all of ts coils in series, the windings being isplaoed in space nuaaaa ing winding, a le shortcircuitihg connection between last-named line lead and said series connection, and a switch in the short-circuiting connection to permit energization of the starting winding by induction when the switch is closed and ,to permit series connection of the-windings between the line leads when the switch is open.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this ification'.

ARLTON L. KENNEDY.

and having different time constants, a hne lead connected to one end of the main wind a series connection between the win a me lead connected to the and of the Ill 

